Jupitermedia Corporation said today that it is selling its online images business to Getty Images for $96 million in cash. This sale will re-focus the company on the B2B content business which is arguably a step in the right direction.
Facebook Mulls Digital Music Business
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly considering entering into the digital music business and becoming a streaming competitor to iTunes and MySpace.Zuckerberg is in talks with several song streaming services and music community sites including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com, and Lala.com, sources familiar with the situation said, according to the New York Post.
Google Maps Posts Business Listing Quality Guidelines
Google has posted some official guidelines for listing your business in Google Maps. As more and more people refer to the Internet rather than the phonebook for looking up local businesses, business owners will want to pay close attention to the rules, so they are easily found on Google Maps. The new guidelines read as follows:
Google Launches Video For Business
Google has introduced Google Video for business, a new addition to Google Premium Apps that enables workers in organizations to share videos by uploading them to Google Apps and inviting co-workers to view the content."What YouTube did in the consumer world, Google Video for business is going to do in the enterprise," said Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google’s Enterprise division.
Yahoo Business & Human Rights Program Begins
Yahoo’s been the subject of lawsuits, public criticism, and the well-known "moral pygmy" comment due to its human rights policies. The launch of a Business & Human Rights Program represents the company’s latest less-than-remarkable response to all this.
Small Business Marketing Unleashed: Paid Search
Christine Churchill, president, KeyRelevance spoke about managing a paid search campaign.
Small Business Marketing Unleashed: Viral Marketing
Jennifer Laycock, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Guide gave a presentation about viral marketing.
Small Business Marketing Unleashed: Local Search
I’ve written about it before, and I’ll write about it again: the only phonebooks around my work desk are the ones raising it and the monitor a few inches higher than they’d otherwise sit. Local search functions well from a consumer standpoint, and a session detailed how businesses can benefit from it, too.
Small Business Marketing Unleashed: Analytics Analysis
"Numbers without context are just numbers," according to Matt Bailey, the founder of Site Logic Marketing. So in a session titled "Web Analytics," Bailey walked an audience through what they need to know about their sites and statistics.
Small Business Marketing Unleashed: Blogging For Business
Mack Collier, owner of The Viral Garden spoke on the subject of blogging for business.